She said Druery would post a $920,000 surety, stay with his parents, not leave home without at least one of them accompanying him and avoid contact with anyone under 18.

"They are conditions that could mitigate all the unacceptable risks," she said.

The prosecution argued that housing Druery would be "too great an impost" on his parents, who are in their 70s, and that his 20-year history of alleged child abuse posed too great a risk to the community.